| original key Bb - capo 3 |
| Intro |
| G | C | G | D |
| G | C | |
| Back in the days of my | childhood |
| G | D | |
| In the | evening when everything was | still |
| G | C | |
| I used to sit and listen to the | fox hounds |
| G | D | G | |
| with m | y dad in them | old Kentucky | hills |
| G | C | |
| I'm on my way back to the | old home |
| G | D | |
| the road winds on up the | hill |
| G | C | |
| and there's alikght in the | windows |
| G | D | G | |
| that shines on the | road where I | live |
| turnaround - one verse |
| G | C | |
| soon my childhood days were | over |
| G | D | |
| I had to leave my | home |
| G | C | |
| mother and dad were called to | heaven |
| G | D | G | |
| I'm left in the | world all | alone |
| G | C | |
| I'm on my way back to the | old home |
| G | D | |
| the road winds on up the | hill |
| G | C | |
| and there's al ight in the | windows |
| G | D | G | |
| that shines on the | road where I | live |
| turnaround - one verse |
| G | C | |
| high in the hills of old | Kentucky |
| G | D | |
| stands the fondest spot that's in my memo | ry |
| D | C | |
| I'm on my way back to the | old home |
| G | D | G | |
| the light in the | window I long to | see |
| G | C | |
| I'm on my way back to the | old home |
| G | D | |
| the road winds on up the | hill |
| G | C | |
| and there's a light in the | windows |
| G | D | G | |
| that shines on the | road where I | live |
| turnaround - one verse |
| G | C | |
| I'm on my way back to the | old home |
| G | D | |
| the road winds on up the | hill |
| G | C | |
| and there's a light in the | windows |
| G | D | G | |
| that shines on the | road where I | live |